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1964 studio album by Ray Charles
Sweet & Sour Tears
is a 1964 album by
Ray Charles
. It is a
concept album
featuring songs with titles or lyrics referring to
crying
. In 1997,
Rhino Records
reissued the album on
compact disc
with seven bonus tracks from his early career (1956?1971) that added to the "crying" theme.
Critical reception
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Professional ratings
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The album is included in
Robert Christgau
's "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings, published in
Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies
(1981).
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He later hailed the Rhino reissue as the best of the label's reissue program for Charles'
ABC
albums, saying both producer
Sid Feller
and the bonus tracks were suited for the original album's crying theme.
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Track listing
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Side one
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- "
Cry
"
(
Churchill Kohlman
)
? 3:34
- "
Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry
"
(
Sammy Cahn
,
Jule Styne
)
? 4:20
- "
A Tear Fell
"
(Eugene Randolph, Dorian Burton)
? 2:45
- "No One to Cry To"
(Sid Robin, Foy Glenn Willing)
? 2:43
- "You've Got Me Crying Again"
(
Isham Jones
, Charles Newman)
? 2:52
- "After My Laughter Came Tears"
(
Charles Tobias
,
Roy Turk
)
? 3:13
Side two
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- "Teardrops from My Eyes"
(
Rudolph Toombs
)
? 3:29
- "Don't Cry Baby"
(Saul Bernie,
James P. Johnson
, Stella Unger)
? 3:09
- "
Cry Me a River
"
(
Arthur Hamilton
)
? 3:20
- "Baby, Don't You Cry"
(
Buddy Johnson
,
Ned Washington
)
? 2:40
- "
Willow, Weep for Me
"
(
Ann Ronell
)
? 4:37
- "
I Cried for You
"
(
Arthur Freed
,
Abe Lyman
,
Gus Arnheim
)
? 2:40
Bonus tracks (1997 CD release)
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- "
My Heart Cries for You
"
(
Carl Sigman
,
Percy Faith
)
? 2:51
- "I Wake Up Crying"
(
Burt Bacharach
,
Hal David
)
? 3:00
- "
Drown in My Own Tears
"
(
Henry Glover
)
? 3:21
- "Teardrops in My Heart"
(Vaughn Horton)
? 3:05
- "
Crying Time
"
(
Buck Owens
)
? 2:58
- "No Use Crying"
(Freddie Lee Kober, J.B. Daniels,
Roy Gaines
)
? 3:19
- "Tired of My Tears"
(
Jimmy Holiday
,
Jimmy Lewis
)
? 2:23
Personnel
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- Technical
- Bill Putnam
, Phil Macy ? engineer
- Joe Lebow ? design
- Howard Morehead ? photography
References
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Studio albums
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Posthumous
studio creations
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Live albums
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Notable
compilations
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Billboard
Hot 100
top 10 singles
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Other
Billboard
Charts
#1 singles
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Grammy Awarded Works
(not included above)
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See also
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